Services eastward bound over the Pond from my outfit now have a selection of pens and other writing materials in a pouch left on the flight deck, by forward thinking Canucks rather than operational policy !
In-bound, I lost my beloved Bic, to an over-jealous screener, and as Roy Hudd says, the envy seems to be present in spades, allowing for the behaviour to be exacerbated.
At least here in Canada, we are exempt from the farce...for now. Understand, CATSA are looking at it, as we speak
Suggest somehow pens from amenity kits if available etc. are placed in the flightdeck until the curtain comes down on this nonsense...
In the end, it's not sustainable for crews nor passengers, and as many have said here, the Israeli intelligence led approach is the only way.....sooner the better...